Can a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia?
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Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off
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They know exactly what they did with that title tbh
What is the distinction?
there's a saying like "once a marine, always a marine", so there's no such thing as an ex-marine. Or something.
Yep, that's it.
Huh. https://www.marines.com/life-as-a-marine/life-in-the-marine-corps/once-a-marine-always-a-marine.html
Apparently we're Marine Veterans, not ex or former.
ADAPT. Looking forward to the hardliners that refuse to be relabelled.